Corn-husker.



WILLIAM H. ALLEN & WAYNE H. ALLEN.

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' APPLICATION FILED HOV.'24, 1911. 1 035,071 Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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CORN HUSKER.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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WILLIAM H. ALLEN & WAYNE H. ALLEN.

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ALLEN AND WAYNE H. ALLEN, OF MOMENCE, ILLINOIS.

CORN-HUSKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 662,147.

To all whom it may can earn:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. ALLEN and WAYNE H. ALLEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Momence, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Corn-Huskers, of which the following is a speclfication.

The present invention involves improvements in that class of agricultural machines ordinarily called corn huskers, the object of the invention being to design a machine of this type capable of husking corn from a number of rows simultaneously as it stands in the field and delivering the ears to a vehicle which may be driven along the side of the machine.

Associated mechanisms are employed to perform the several functions hereinbefore referred to and the invention resides in the special cooperation of said mechanisms and other separate peculiar constructions.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of our husking machine; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is a section taken about on the line 4-il of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 5 is a detail view showing particularly the boot upon which the ears are dropped after being husked by the husking rollers.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like characters of reference.

The husking machine constructed in accordance with this invention comprises a suitable frame composed of a plurality of vertical standards 1 and transverse beams 2, said frame being supported at either side by the wheels 3 mounted on the driving axle 4:. Attached to the rear of the frame, as at 5, is pivotally mounted a push pole 6 which in turn is mounted at its rear extremity on the steering wheels 7.

For the purpose of raising and lowering the front portion of the husking machine in the ordinary manner, I provide a lever 8 pivoted to the push pole 6 in proximity to the steering wheels 7, said lever having a link rod 9 extending from its lower end to the frame of the machine beneath the pivotal connection 5 of said pole. By moving the lever 8 forwardly or backwardly, the desired function above mentioned will be accomplished and the lever may be engaged with a notched segment 8 to hold the machine at its adjusted position.

Opposite the lever 8 is pivoted a guiding lever 9, having the link connection 10 extending to the axle 11 on which the wheels 7 are mounted, and by a forward or backward movement of this lever, the machine will be readily turned in the desired direction.

Forming the lower portion of the frame and extending a suitable distance in front of the standards 1 are the spaced longitudinal guiding beams 12, there being two for each row of corn to be operated upon. The spaced boards 13 extending from the forward ends of the beams 12 to the upper portion of the front standards 1 provide a supporting frame for the mechanism such as chains 14, for gathering the stalks and conveying them in upright or vertical position to the snapping rolls 15 and 16, slightly inclined from the vertical and having their lower hearings in the beams 12, and their upper hearings in extensions 2 on the transverse beams 2. The endless chains 14 are mounted between the boards 13 and the upper inclined gathering boards 17 supported by means of the braces 18.

The axle 4 has secured thereto the main driving sprocket wheels 19 which transmit motion to the transverse shaft 20, journaled at the upper front portion of the frame, by means of the driving chains 21, there being two in number, as shown in the drawings. Motion is further communicated from the shaft 20 through the instrumentality of the endless chain 22 to the second transverse shaft 23 journaled in the upper rear portion of the frame, said chain passing around sprocket wheels on the shafts 20 and 23 aforesaid.

J ournaled in the upper part of the frame and the guide beams 12 are a plurality of vertical shafts 24 having at their upper extremities beveled gears 25 meshing with other bevel gears 26 on the rear transverse shaft 23. At the lower ends of the shaft 24: are sprocket wheels 27 carrying" endless chains 28, by means of which motion is transmitted to sprocket wheels 29 mounted on the forward portion of the guide beams 12, and through the knuckle joints 30 and sprocket wheels 31 the gathering chains 14: are caused 'to move.

It will be apparent from the foregoing, that the stalks will be carried in an erect position through the spaces between the gathering boards 17 'to the snapping rolls, the outer ones, indicated as 15, being of larger diameter than the inner rolls 16, as is customary in this class of machines. The ears are here snapped or pinched old the stalks and fall into the conveyor hoppers 32, the rolls 15 and 16 being rotated by the beveled gears 33 and 33 on the shaft 20 mesh ing with beveled gears on the upper extremity of the rolls 16, immediately below which are located pinions '34 intermeshing with other pinions 35 upon the rolls 15. As the ears of corn drop into the hoppers 32, they are carried by the chains 36 up the conveyers 37 where they drop off on the husking rolls '38 in the rear of the frame, any suitable numberof which may be provided, though we have preferably shown only two The sets of rolls 33 are re- 1 volved toward each other by means of the' opposing sets.

inclined shaft 39 geared at its lower end to one of said rolls, and having its bearings in the arms 40. At its upper end a miter gear 4:1 meshes with the rear portion of-the miter gear 33.

to Fig. 3 of the drawings, the husking rolls are arranged transversely of the machine and inclined in order that the corn may be gradually worked toward the lower ends thereof and fall onto the boot 43 where the ears will be conveyed by the chain 4A up the conveyer 45 and pass therefrom down the adjustable spout 46 into a wagon which may be driven alongside the husker. The spout 46 may be adjusted vertically by means of th'eguid-e arm 47 passing through the keeper 48 secured to the conveyer 45-and be held inadjusted position by the screw 49.

Motion is communicated to the conveyer chain 44 by means of the chain 50 passing over the sprocket wheel 51 secured to the shaft 52 having its bearings in the upper end of the conveyor 45. The chain also passes over'the sprocket wheel 53 at the rear "end of the longitudinal shaft 54: which has a beveled gear 55 at its opposite end meshing with the rearportion of the beveled gear 33 on the shaft 20.

The husking rolls 38 are preferably pro-.

tioned willdrop into a suitable pan or other receptacle 57, beneath the rolls 38, said rei-cepta'cle having a screen or other reticulated are carried by the gathering chains between the spaced gathering boards to the snapping rolls where the earsare detached from said stalks and dropped into conveyer hoppers therebeneath. The stalks are then passed entirely through the machine, being assisted in this operation by the endless chains 28. The ears of corn are then con-' veyed to the bushing rolls and stripped of their husks whereupon by the action of the husking rolls and by virtue of the inclinat-ion thereof they fall onto the boot 43 from which they are conveyed to the vehicle being driven beside the machine.

Arranged in rear of the drive shaft 20 is the second drive shaft 23 connected by a drive chain or belt (50 to a counter shaft 61 at the rear upper portion of the machine, As will be most clearly seen by reference said counter shaft carrying driving wheels 62 over which the conveyer chains 36 pass.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what we claim as new is 1. In a corn husking machine, the combination of a wheeled frame, spaced inclined gathering boards arranged at the front portion of said frame, a plurality of pairs of spaced horizontal guide beams corresponding to and located below said gathering boards, gathering chains mounted for movement on the gathering boards, upwardly extending snapping rolls disposed'in spaced relation in rear of the gathering boards and supported upon the "frame and said guide beams, jointed shaft-s arrangedbetween each guide beam and its superposed gathering board, drive wheels at the upper ends of said shafts engaging and drivingt-he gathering chains aforesaid, driving means connected with the lower ends of said shafts, a hopper located at one side of the snapping rolls near their lower "ends, a conveyer arranged to elevate the ears of corn from the hopper, husking rolls'slightly inclined from the horizontal adapted to receive the ears from the delivery end of the conveyor, means for carrying off the ears afterthey have been operated upon by the husking rolls, an axle on which the wheels of the machine are mounted, a main driving shaft, connections therebetween and the axle,

said driving shaft, means for operating the means for operating the snapping rolls from i i huskin rolls from said driving shaft, a second drlving shaft operated from that first named, and means in the lower part of the machine for assisting the movement of the stalks to the rear after they have passed through the snapping rolls, said means being operable from the second driving shaft.

2. In a corn husking machine, the combination of a wheeled frame, spaced inclined gathering boards arranged at the front portion of said frame, a plurality of pairs of spaced horizontal guide beams corresponding to and located below said gathering boards and connected to the latter at their front ends, gathering chains mounted for movement on the gathering boards, upwardly extending snapping rolls disposed in spaced relation in the rear of the gathering boards and supported upon the frame and said guide beams, jointed shafts arranged between each guide beam and its superposed gathering board, drive wheels at the upper ends of said shafts engaging and driving the gathering chains aforesaid, gear wheels connected with the lower ends of said shafts, a hopper located at one side of the snapping rolls near their lower ends, a conveyor arranged to elevate the ears of corn from the hopper, husking rolls slightly inclined from the horizontal adapted to receive the ears from the delivery end of the conveyor, means for carrying oil the ears after they have been operated upon by the husking rolls, an axle on which the wheels of the machine are mounted, a main driving shaft, connections therebetween and the axle, gear wheels at the upper ends of the snapping rolls and gear wheels on said driving shaft meshing therewith to drive the rolls, means for operating the husking rolls from said driving shaft, a second driving shaft operated from that first named, means for operating the said conveyor from said second driving shaft, an endless chain mounted on each pair of guide beams to assist the movement of the stalks to the rear after they have passed through said snapping rolls, and means for operating said chains from second driving shaft, said chains engaging said gear wheels first mentioned.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ALLEN. WAYNE H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. CURTIS, QAss J. HAYDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

